# 1973 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Helen Gourlay and Kerry Harris were the reigning champions. Gourlay did not compete. Harris and Kerry Melville reached the final, where they were defeated by Margaret Court and Virginia Wade.

## Seeds

* Margaret Court / Virginia Wade (champions)
* Evonne Goolagong / Janet Young (semifinals)
* Kerry Harris / Kerry Melville (final)
* Eugenia Birioukova / Karen Krantzcke (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Margaret Court Virginia Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Cynthia Doerner Sally Irvine | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | Cynthia Doerner Sally Irvine | 1 | 3 | 1 | Margaret Court Virginia Wade | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 3 | Kerry Harris Kerry Melville | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Kerry Harris Kerry Melville | 6 | 6 | 3 | Kerry Harris Kerry Melville | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Evonne Goolagong Janet Young | 2 | 4 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | 1 | M Court V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | C Matison H Young | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1 | M Court V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| M Morgan P Whytcross | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Morgan P Whytcross | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| J Lin P Southcombe | 0 | 0 | | | M Morgan P Whytcross | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | B Heavey M Whitely | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Court V Wade | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Doerner S Irvine | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | C Doerner S Irvine | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| K Wilkinson K Williams | 4 | 6 | 6 | | K Wilkinson K Williams | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| P Ahern B Dale | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | C Doerner S Irvine | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| K Hogarth M Tesch | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | E Birioukova K Krantzcke | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| L Blachford M Proisy | 5 | 2 | | | K Hogarth M Tesch | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | E Birioukova K Krantzcke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | 3 | K Harris K Melville | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | M Arnott S Arnott | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | K Harris K Melville | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| D James L Mansfield | 2 | 3 | | | | | | P Coleman W Turnbull | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| P Coleman W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | P Coleman W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | B Hawcroft K Sawamatsu | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | K Harris K Melville | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Goolagong J Young | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | L Charles G Coles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| D Ekner N Fuchs | 6 | 6 | | D Ekner N Fuchs | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| S-o Lee J-s Yang | 2 | 3 | | | | | | L Charles G Coles | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| M Gurdal M Van Haver | 6 | 6 | | | | | 2 | E Goolagong J Young | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| J Glynn M Liddle | 2 | 2 | | M Gurdal M Van Haver | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | E Goolagong J Young | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |